Chapter 800: Old Age
In his later years, Chen Pingsheng also liked to take a few puffs of Cuban cigars.
The cigars he smokes cost $1,200 each, which is about 10,000 yuan in RMB.
Smoking occasionally can refresh you.
The private matter Yang Qian discussed with him was the privatization of Lujiao Coffee, which involved buying back a large number of shares from overseas markets and relisting them on the domestic A-share market.
This is actually not difficult, it just requires a lot of money.
The reason for privatization is that over the years, Luckin Coffee has done very well in global development, but its stock price is obviously not comparable to its actual value.
When the stock price is far below its actual value, the boss will definitely think about delisting or privatizing it directly.
The current controlling stake in Lujiao Coffee is actually in An An’s hands, but its value is still over 100 billion.
To fully recover it, at least 50 to 60 billion yuan will be needed.
An An has trillions of assets, but cannot withdraw such a large amount of funds at any time.
There are not many people in the country who can draw on such funds at any time, and Chen Pingsheng is definitely the most powerful one among them.
Because no one knows how much money he has at home and abroad.
All I know is that he has no debt.
"You can discuss this with An An. It's not a big deal. If you give An An a few days, she'll be able to draw on the funds. You don't need to worry."
Having a net worth of 500 billion or 600 billion and being able to withdraw 500 billion or 600 billion in funds at any time are two completely different concepts.
Many bosses who claim to be worth tens of billions of dollars cannot even take out ten billion.
If they dare to withdraw funds, the stock price of their own listed company is likely to collapse immediately.
Yang Qian nodded, "Then I'll go discuss it with An An. She can really handle things on her own now."
"It's already been done. Give her more confidence."
Chen Pingsheng was still very confident in his eldest daughter, so Yang Qian chatted with him casually for the rest of the time.
Any project with an investment of less than 100 billion yuan is nothing to Chen Pingsheng.
He doesn't even need to sign or ask, his two daughters and advisory team can make the decision directly.
The project he actually managed and planned was the land reclamation and city construction project in which Hong Kong invested over 300 billion yuan.
He also called this city the Hong Kong Future Science and Technology City, which is mainly used to make up for Hong Kong's technological shortcomings.
The planned investment exceeds 350 billion yuan, and the planned resident population is as high as one million.
In other words, he plans to rebuild a futuristic city on the sea.
The approval time for this application is at least one year, and it needs to be approved by many departments at the same time.
In addition, the capital verification must be over 200 billion yuan.
Without funds, who would dare to let him build an island in this place?
Apart from this project, the rest is Las Vegas at sea.
Building the world's first mobile casino, the ship's area is beyond imagination.
The ship is planned to be 1,600 meters long and have a gross tonnage of 1.5 million tons.
It can carry more than 300,000 people at the same time. For such a ship, the time from design to construction will not be less than one year.
From the start of construction to completion, it will take at least five to eight years with the cooperation of several world-class manufacturers.
The cost of building this ship alone is nearly 100 billion, and it is large enough to withstand any tsunami.
The ship is equipped with top-notch luxury facilities and 50 top-of-the-line helicopters to transport guests.
It can be said that successfully operating such an offshore casino would be more profitable than bundling a hundred listed companies together.
It is a true super cash cow.
Only for the super-rich and the bored second generation of the top class.
It actually has nothing to do with ordinary people.
Even the most basic boarding fee starts at 100,000. How can ordinary people have the opportunity to play there?
An An's previous super cruise ship, the largest in the world, cost more than 40 billion to build.
It has been operating worldwide for ten years and has only recovered about half of its investment.
It will take at least ten years to fully recoup the investment.
If we only calculate the return on investment, this is undoubtedly a failed investment.
It was just because An An really wanted a big toy like this when it was first built.
Compared to this super cruise ship, the Two Mountains Hotel built by Arya with an investment of more than 50 billion yuan is obviously much more successful.
To this day, the seven-star Liangshan Hotel is still the pinnacle of the domestic hotel industry.
It has not been surpassed so far.
It has become the most famous landmark building in Shanghai and a super luxurious internet celebrity top luxury hotel.
There is a saying in Shanghai that those who drive Mercedes-Benz and BMW are not necessarily rich.
But those who can stay at the Liangshan Hotel regularly must be super rich.
Because the simplest bowl of noodles starts at 198.
If you don't have enough money, you will feel totally uncomfortable there.
All I can say is that polarization in this world has become very serious, and the rich are really rich.
Those who have no money struggle every day to have three meals a day.
Some things are not built for general consumption, such as the Two Mountains Hotel, the super cruise ship, and the world-class offshore casino he is building.
Erpi Ya has been in the luxury goods business for a long time, but found that it still cannot sell as well as the top brands in Europe and the United States.
I just stopped doing these things later.
If the Chen family can't make world-class luxury bags and shoes, can't they run top-tier hotels, cruise ships, and offshore casinos?
Many of Chen Pingsheng’s large investments have been transferred to consumption among the rich.
Let ordinary people compete for those things that ordinary people have.
It has been a long time since he paid attention to milk tea or coffee that costs more than 20 yuan a cup.
It’s not that he is out of touch with the masses, it’s just the inevitable result when he has a certain amount of money in his hands.
He is not short-sighted and does not look to the future. He is also working on longevity projects, including human moon landing and space exploration.
But that thing may not produce any significant results in three to five years, let alone ten to eight years, or even twenty to thirty years.
Businessmen can look ahead ten years, but if they look ahead a hundred years, it is probably meaningless.
For example, many young people now talk about how long it will take for the earth to be destroyed.
If he focuses his energy on this, he would be looking for trouble.
If the earth is really destroyed, everyone will start to return to primitive society and evolve from apes.
What a simple thing.
Otherwise, some rich people were the first to discover the New World in the starry sky and immigrated there early.
Anyway, absolute fairness has been completely broken, so who knows what will happen next?
Live in the present and find ways to make money.
That's just how he is. He can't let his family's property depreciate in the bank.
Come to think of it, he still has quite a few projects to complete.
As for matters within the group, just leave them to the people in charge.
He rarely participated in it anymore, and he had no idea what the group's many research institutes were researching every day.
For him, the most important thing is to make the money in his hands continue to make money.
(End of this chapter)
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